[78-L] How did it work?

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

simmonssomer wrote:
> The more ARC, Gennets, Orioles etc. I listen to, the more I wonder how these 
> tunes (if you can call some of them that) came to be recorded.
> In other words, how did the recording industry function?
> Did the publishers' salesmen call on record company execs and / ororchestra 
> leaders demonstrating their latest "hits?"
> Was there payola?
> What was the relationship between the leaders and the publishing companies?
> Did some of the leaders , depending on their popularity, make any decisions.
> Did Columbia and Victor tell Whiteman or did he tell them?
> Were there A & R suits?
> I can guess at some of these answers but would like to know from somebody 
> who actually knows.
>
>   
I recently read a book entitled "That Toddlin' Town", by Charles 
Sengstock. It covers this subject somewhat.
Has anyone else read it?

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